Word: spain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...James White remained free for three years. But he had to flee from Tangier, Spain, the south of France and three other hiding places as acquaintances discovered his identity and blackmailed him for a total of $162,400. White had to pay one landlord $2,800 a week in rent, and in the end still had to flee because the landlord informed on him to collect close to $100,000 in rewards. White was finally captured in 1966 at Littlestone-on-Sea in Kent. Noting that he was "at the end of my tether," he said thankfully that...
...JOURNAL (NET, 9-10 p.m.). "Matador" is a film portrait of El Cordobes, Spain's magnetic and successful bullfighter...
...begin with, the four-month-long elimination rounds were riddled with demeaning incidents. South Africa's apart heid prompted Poland and Czechoslovakia to withdraw, and the Great Britain-South Africa series was marred by riots. After Spain had been eliminated, the country's outstanding player, Manuel Santana, was convicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. The Rumanians, coached by wily Australian Harry Hopman, stirred some interest by out lasting 49 other nations to become the first Communist country to compete in the Cup finals...
...Shell Game. Through the years, Sheil's views were often antithetical to those of his church: he opposed, for instance, the Franco regime in Spain. He was among the first to assail the Sunday afternoon fulminations of Radio Priest Charles Coughlin at. home. He adopted as his own the words of French Cardinal Jules Saliege: "The Kingdom of God is not of this world, but it is in this world that...
...worst of times: the first half of the 17th century. Spain rotted. The German principalities writhed. Sweden, France, Spain and even Switzerland were seething with religious mania. The European peasantry was regularly picked over by tax collectors and aimless bands of soldiers detached from all allegiance. Trade patterns kept collapsing. The gaudy corpse of feudalism weighted the Continent, but there was nothing, apparently, strong enough to winch it out of sight...